Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

adecoker

billybondsbeard said:

Picture of Zab on twitter on the train to/from Euston with some Hammers fans - has confirmed he is signing

https://twitter.com/jrizla/status/867452933893480448

;ok ;ok

He may well have positional sense but if he's trying to get to West Ham from Euston by getting on a train to Manchester, it would suggest he's got a hopeless sense of direction.

Adam

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10892132/chinese-fa-announce-shock-tax-on-foreign-player-signings

Not anymore China introducing 100% tax on foreign players ;nonono

But how will Chelsea get lots of money into their club if they can't sell their players for £40m a pop to China?

Oh, Abramovich. Never mind.

Vorselaarhammer

The official contract extension and release from the OS....

http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/may/25-may/west-ham-united-issue-retain-list#FT2pTVppRKXcUrJt.99

Pearces_Left_Foot

https://www.clubcall.com/west-ham-united/eder-in-premier-link-1852468.html

claretandbluesky

Zabaleta will be a good signing for possibly two seasons. You need only look at the send off afforded him by Man City fans and their view of him to let you know we have got ourselves a proper full back.

He doesn't have long as stated and is likely on big money but we need character and experience in defence as our full backs all season have been either filling in our been short on premiership experience. Zab lacks neither a proper full back with bags of experience at the top level........ exactly what we need.

Well done for getting him and quickly if it all goes through.

Lukerz

Mail reporting that Zabaleta is now officially done.

grey_til_I_dye

I know it's just paper talk, but:

Watford are to demand £35m for striker Troy Deeney this summer.

(from the Birmingham Mail)

Can't help but feel they forgot the decimal point...

Lukerz

I think that's just code for 'not for sale'

If someone bid £20m I'm sure they'll sell.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm

Lukerz

Tbf he gets linked every window.

Bit like the old classic 'Tomkins to Newcastle'

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

The only 35 that should be associated with Deeney is in "lb's" and what he should lose

#Chunkey

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

Zab is a decent signing, just what we needed at RB, solid experience and help Byram longer term

brookingsirons

Really happy with this signing good start lets get 2 good strikers in now ;ok

baracks_a_hammer

I can't help but thinking that this whole 'older player helps younger player' notion is a bit of a myth and spin. Will it really happen this way in the case of Byram? What will help him more IMO is having a better defensive coach working with him (and others) than the one we've got.

Lukerz

Problem is he has no pace. So if he's ahead of Byram that's our average pace levels further reduced.

Lukerz

Baracks - I think the one we've got is the manager.

Yeoldhammer

Anyone got a list of Freebies of peoples contracts up. Any worth taking a punt on ?

baracks_a_hammer

Yeoldhammer said:

Anyone got a list of Freebies of peoples contracts up. Any worth taking a punt on ?

I'm sure Sully has that fully up to date list

grey_til_I_dye

baracks

Who's 'mything' or spinning it?

I put it out as an idea. I've read lots of players talk about how they learn off other players.

IF we get Zab, I'd be very surprised if there aren't things he can help Brian with, and very disappointed if the club didn't take advantage of his knowledge and experience.

IronHerb

I'm happy to take Zab. He's a full back who knows how to defend, which is a trait that has been sadly missing from us all season.

Good move Hammers.

Yeoldhammer

At least Lanzini will have another Argie friend

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Apparently he is very close to Iheanacho and helped him a lot hen he first burst onto the scene.....maybe he can be a key to securing his signature infront of the likes of Everton

Yeoldhammer

2 striker please Dave and if Ayew goes one Tadic / Siggurdsson please

adecoker

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm

I don't know anything about him but really can't get very excited just because of the name. Sorry. It brings to mind the Chief Executive of the Traffic Cone Initiative on Cleethorpes Town Council rather than 20 goals a season. Can't we for once be linked with the likes of feisty young Romanian striker Vlad The Impaler.

ASLEFshrugged

Good news for Zabs, the no.5 shirt is vacant so he can keep the number he had a City

Fortuneseeker

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

Todays new striker link is Martin Braithwaite from Toulouse ;hmm

One goal per three games last season which equates to 12 in the Premier League, Antonio got 9.

Pearces_Left_Foot

http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/kelechi-iheanacho-makes-u-turn-leaves-city-joins/

Never heard of this website so probably not v reliable

OldCastleSwift

But let's just pretend for a second that it's true ;hmm

;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo ;wahoo

claretandbluesky

Wouldn't be the strangest thing as we are clearly talking to City through the Zab deal, a well respected team mate he has known for a good while speaking highly of and moving to us could be all he needed to take a punt on us as we are on him.

Vorselaarhammer

Another source here, even says he will sign tomorrow...

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/05/26/iheanacho-becomes-most-expensive-nigerian-player-after-man-city-accept-24m-bid-from-west-ham/